The status of an unreliable person, newly defined in Section 106aa of the VAT Act, has been added to that of an unreliable payer in the latest VAT Act amendmet, which became effective on 1 July, 2017. From then on, any physical person or legal entity, not necessarily a VAT payer, that has failed to […]
IR Global, the world’s largest exclusive network of advisory firms is delighted to introduce Rick Marchese of Lares Loreno Private Capital. Rick has joined IR as our exclusive Mergers & Acquisitions Member in Singapore. Lares Loreno was established in 2014 to provide senior-level, Wall Street-quality service and advice to privately-owned family businesses and SMEs (small and medium […]
We are delighted to announce that Python has been announced as a leading Swiss law firm in the area of inheritance law by Le Temps and Bilanz. After reviewing the “peer review” of 6500 lawyers in Switzerland by the Statista German institute, Le Temps has announced in its four star ranking of Swiss law […]
A quite controversial amendment to the Alien Act introducing several new standpoints towards employment of foreigners from non-EU countries aiming to stay and work in the Czech Republic has finally been adopted by the Parliament. The amendment addresses foreign applicants for employee cards that will not be issued by the Ministry of Interior should the […]
The arbitration consists in a private and alternative method for solving disputes, without involving the Judiciary, which is regulated in Brazil by Law 9.307/96 (“Arbitration Law”). It is a more agile and technical process, in which an arbitrator who is usually a specialist in the matter, issues a sentence that is not subject to appeal […]
An amendment of the Income Tax Act was announced on 16 June, 2017. Despite the fact that it was supposed to become effective on 1 April, the date has been postponed to 1 July, 2017, in practice. The amendment is a part of the so-called „2017/2018 tax package“ and introduces changes in the amount of […]
In May 2017 the STF (Supreme Court) concluded the trial of two special appeals on the right of partners in the succession of their peers, being one of the process regarding a hetero-affective relationship and the other one regarding a homo-affective relationship. Until the trial of these two appeals, there was a disparity between the […]
Employers organizing children groups or day care centers not recorded in the school registry to children younger than 4 years of age were obligated to pay the VAT on the income earned by these organizations. This status quo is to change after 1 July as the whole scheme is going to change. If a non-profit […]
The purchase and sale with reservati dominii clause, regulated by the Brazilian Civil Code in its articles 521 to 528, constitutes an effective warranty for payment in instalments of the price of movable and non-fungible assets, provided that the reserve of domain is stipulated in writing directly between the buyer and the seller. According to the local […]
The President of the Czech Republic is about to approve a bill amending the Employment Act and related legislation, namely the Labour Code and the Act on Work Inspection. The bill toughens the employment rules for jobs obtain through agencies and introduces sanctions for those which aim to violate them. If an agency attempt to […]
On 15 June 2017, the financial closing took place for the development and construction of a new biogas plant in Oude-Tonge in the Netherlands. The project investment is approximately EUR 8.5 million. The project is located in Oude-Tonge in the province of South Holland in the Netherlands. The project is being realized by Groen Gas […]
Simon has been a member of IR Global for 3 years and he sits on our M&A Steering Committee. He has been a key player in the growth of our M&A working group and has provided IR Global with great ideas and contributions that have been influential in the development of the network. Simon is […]